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  • The Grimm Brothers

    Two days later the Grimm brothers were back in the gym. Their backs were still bothering them, but they weren’t planning...

    ArmsStuart McRobertFebruary 3, 2009
  • Overcoming Injury

    Often when bodybuilders with poor leg development offer up excuses, knee injuries are at the top of the list.

    Injury & PreventionRon HarrisJanuary 31, 2009
  • Wintertime Mass Training

    If you train hard from spring to fall but then fail to stay on track during the winter months, you’ll lose...

    TrainingEric BroserJanuary 28, 2009
  • 40 is the New 20 – Part 2

    By the time you read this, it should be just a few weeks before my 40th birthday, which will occur on...

    Over-40 TrainingEric BroserJanuary 19, 2009
  • Around the Worlds

    I credit Milos Sarcev for bringing these back, as he’s had Dennis Wolf, Hide Yamigishi, Silvio Samuel and others add them...

    ChestWilliam LitzJanuary 16, 2009
  • Leg Extensions vs. Squats

    Biomechanics research on the knee has demonstrated that during the squat and leg press, the tibia slides backward. That reduces the...

    Injury & PreventionJoseph M. Horrigan, D.C.January 13, 2009
  • Bigger Bodyparts

    Few things are as impressive as thick and meaty outer lats. Beefy wings really fill out a shirt, and they can...

    BackRon HarrisJanuary 10, 2009
  • High Anxiety

    I don’t agree with most experts, who say that training the upper-pectoral region requires lots of incline-bench presses and incline flyes.

    ChestPaul BurkeJanuary 7, 2009
  • X-Blasting North of the Border

    X-Rep partials have been around long enough now that the approach is reaching all elements of the bodybuilding and fitness community....

    TrainingWilliam LitzJanuary 4, 2009
  • A Bodybuilder is Born Episode 42

    Christmas had come and gone. For Christmas Eve we had the traditional dinner at my sister-in-law’s house. Traditional, that is, if...

    Contest PrepRon HarrisJanuary 3, 2009
  • No Aerobics for Power?

    Squatting with your heels elevated can help stretch your Achilles tendon so you can eventually squat flat-footed.

    TrainingCharles PoliquinJanuary 1, 2009
  • Variations for Size and Strength

    Training variations, such as altering hand and foot positions, build more size and strength and also help prevent injuries.

    BackCharles PoliquinDecember 29, 2008
  • Take a Seat to Build Your Calves (But do it safely)

    Common exercises include standard standing calf raises, leg press calf raises and donkey calf raises performed in various toes-in and toes-out...

    Injury & PreventionJoseph M. Horrigan, D.C.December 26, 2008
  • Best Chest Chiseler

    Almost all of the natural bodybuilders I know who have had the chest problem have had great triceps. The two bodyparts...

    ChestPaul BurkeDecember 23, 2008
  • Dead Wrong?

    If you’ve been stubbornly continuing to deadlift despite injuries just because you believe it’s the only path to a better back,...

    BackRon HarrisDecember 20, 2008